Basic Skills and Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology

At the end of each chapter is 'About the Authors.' Preface. 1. Introduction: First Steps in Professional Psychology, C. Eugene Walker and Janet R. Matthews. Professional Appearance. Characteristics of Successful Therapists. Normative Versus Idiographic Approaches. Ethics. Professional Burnout. I. PRACTICAL ISSUES. 2. Finding a Training Placement and Making the Transition from Student to Trainee, Theresa Wozencraft. Obtaining a Training Placement. Determining Training Needs. Explorations of Training Sites. Securing a Training Site. How to Interview. Negotiating Placement Offers. Transitions. Establishing Oneself Successfully in the Training Experience. Social Environment. Diversity Issues and the Training Experience. Maximizing the Training Experience. Emerging Areas of Concern. Information Sources. 3. Working with Supervisors, Sandra D. Netherton and Larry L. Mullins. Nature and Purpose of Supervision. Supervisors Roles and Functions. The Logistics of Supervision. Problems Encountered in Supervision. Enhancing the Supervisory Process. Future Directions in Supervision. 4. Establishing Rapport and Developing Interviewing Skills, Peter J. Giordano. Establishing Rapport. Developing Interviewing Skills. Rapport and Interviewing Pitfalls. Ethical Issues. Diversity Issues. Conclusions. 5. Psychotherapy, Julia Shiang, Bob Landry, and Bruce Bongar. Defining Psychotherapy and the Therapeutic Stance. Learning to Be a Therapist. Addressing the Needs of Clients. Making Initial Treatment Decisions. Interacting with Clients. Conclusions. 6. Psychological Screening, Lee H. Matthews. General Screening Approaches. Interviewing. Intellectual/Cognitive Screening. Achievement/Verbal Screening. Visual-Motor Screening. Personality/Emotional Screening. Attention/Memory Screening. Neuropsychological Screening. Conclusions. 7. Psychological Testing, Kevin R. Krull. The Referral. Record Gathering. Testing Session. 8. Record Keeping, Leon VandeCreek and Samuel Knapp. Purposes of Record Keeping. Rules Governing Record Keeping. Contents of Records. Formatting the Record. Patient Access to Records. Limits to Confidentiality of Records. Length of Time to Keep Records. Death or Retirement of the Psychologist. Summary. 9. Special Issues Involving Children, Peggy Greco and Donald K. Routh. Development Factors in the Assessment and Treatment of Children. Parents as Participants in Child Assessment and Treatment. The Role of Teachers. The Role of Siblings and Peers. Special Clinical Issues of Children: Abuse and Neglect. Pediatric Psychology. Summary. 10. An Introduction to Psychotropic Medication, Randy A. Sansone and Blaine Shaffer. Psychopharmacology Essentials. The Antidepressants. The Anxiolytics. Antipsychotics. Anti-cycling/Anti-Manic Drugs. Psychodynamic Issues Related to Psychotropic Medication. Conclusions. 11. Introduction to Assessment of Organic Disorders, Antonio E. Puente. The Question of Organicity. History and Approaches of Neuropsychology. Etiology of Organic Disorders. Organic Syndromes. Secondary Effects of Organic Disorders. Evaluation of Organic Disorders. A Case History. Final Words. Summary. II. PROFESSIONAL TOPICS. 12. Training Issues in Clinical Psychology, Donald K. Freedheim and James C. Overholser. Training Goals. Models of Training. The Training Sequence. Styles of Supervision. Training Opportunities. Retraining Programs. Summary and Conclusions. Appendix: Sample Curriculum Vita. 13. Professional Issues in Psychology, George Stricker, Sheila Coonerty, and Jerold R. Gold. The Clinical Psychologist. Professional Licensure. Continuing Professional Education. National Register of Health Service Providers. The Diplomate in Psychology. Malpractice and Malpractice Insurance. Conclusions. 14. Evolution of Professional Issues in Psychology: Training Standards, Legislative Recognition, and Boundaries of Practice, Ro